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and Creation.

Animals proceed from an Insect or Ani-malcule in the Male-fperm, among other•seasons, j arn j e f s inclinable to, because ofsoe neceslary sols of a multitude , I mighta y infinity, of them , which seems not a-greeable tp the Wildom and Providence ofNature. For supposing every Male hath inllrn all the Animalcules that he shall or maye J e ct; they may, for ought I know, amountto millions of millions , and so the greatestPart of them must needs be lost. Nay, if'se lake but one Coit, there must, in unipa-sous Creatures at least. abundance be lost.

. if we suppose the Foetus to be originallyso tile Egg, it is not so. For the Eggs ofsorts of Creatures are so proportioned tothe nature of the Animals , the time thatthey live, the time and number of their ge-lations, and the number they bring forth attimes, that they will much about suffice° r the time the Creatures are fit to breedsod nourish their young : so that they may,^ need be, be all brought forth and come toElection.

The End of the fir St Discourse.

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